Koford 1954 Journal August 13, 1954 Moose, Wyoming Black footed ferrets had been trapped near Midland, S.D., with help of George Barnes, F+W Service, Curtis, & taken to Wind Cave. One (?) died + 2 (?) escaped in parks. The idea was to introduce natural predator control of the prairie dogs. Barnes also said to have seen 5 ferrets near S. border of Bad Lands Nat'l Monument, S.D. Jim Simon (I met his wife - Oslon likes him much - headquarters in S.D. City) known of the Wind Cave situation. Oslon is going to visit Wind Cave on way back to N.Y. August 14, 1954 Moose & Moran, Wyoming. With Mr. & Mrs. (Margaret) Oslon I went to the biological lab of N.Y. Zool. Doc. Helmut Buechner, now working on a survey of bighorn populations & range conditions also there. And, Mr. O'Lehaneley (sp.? -), supervisor of Teton Nat'l Park, his assistant, another park (?) man named Kreen, Reed Fantini, ecologist of Laramie & Univ. of Wyoming, & Margaret Altman, studying behavior of elk in the laboratory region. Oslon & I talked over our idea & we had some discussion. It was agreed that a study of prairie dogs (and other range rodents) in relation to predators (coyotes, ferrets, etc.) and to range conditions (overgrazing) and grazing animals (donkey and bison, antelope) would be worthwhile. Fantini was very interested & appeared to be very capable himself, with a good knowledge of range problems. He was sure that Univ. of Wyoming would cooperate strongly. We also felt that Colorado A&M (Ft. Collins, where Paul Baldwin is Director) and Montana